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I come from
down in the valley

where mister
when you're young
They bring you up

to do like
your daddy done
Me and Mary
we met in

high school
when she was
just seventeen
We'd ride
out of that valley

down to where
the fields were green
We'd go down
to the river

and into the river
we'd dive
on down to the river

we'd ride
Then I got
Mary pregnant

and man that was
all she wrote
And for my
nineteenth birthday

I got a union card
and a wedding coat
We went down
to the courthouse

and the judge
put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles
No walk down the aisle

No flowers
No wedding dress
That night we went
down to the river

and into the river
we'd dive
on down to the river

we did ride
oh yeah
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I got a job working

construction for the
Johnstown Company
But lately there
ain't been much work

on account of
the economy
Well mister

theyr vanished
right into the air
Now I just act like
I don't remember

Mary acts like
she don't care
But I remember us
riding in my

brother's car
her body tan and wet
down at the reservoir
And pull her close

just to feel each
breath she'd take
Now those memories
come back

to haunt me
they haunt me
like a curse
Is a dream a lie

if it don't
come true
Or is it
something worse

that sends me
down to the river
Though I know
the river is dry

that sends me
down to the river
tonight
Down to the river
my baby and I

oh down to the river
we ride i-i-ide
Ohohohoh
Ohohohoh

Ohohohoh
Ohohohoh
Ohohoh
Ohohohoh

Ohohohoh
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Title
The River
Artist
Bruce Springsteen
Brand
Sunfly
(11 Other Versions)
Code
SFWS104-02
Genres
rock, rock
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